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District View

22 July 2009

Some years ago, I attended a job interview. During the usual appraisal process, the long-serving ...

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Chief with a track record

22 July 2009

Former medal-winning athlete, Andrew Kerr, tells Heather Jameson about life in the North East, an...

Sheltering from the storm

22 July 2009

As housing repossessions rise, local authorities across the country are facing increasing challen...

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Get it right first time

22 July 2009

Why has top lawyer, Stephen Cirell, decided to work for a new unitary council covering climate ch...

More questions than answers

22 July 2009

The new adult social care Green Paper has been welcomed as a move towards a much-needed debate on...

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Up for discussion

22 July 2009

With tough choices ahead for local and central government, Richard Stay (pictured above) consider...

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The folly of scale

22 July 2009

Economies come from flow, and not from scale, argues Professor John Seddon. We should look to whe...

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The intoxicant of power

22 July 2009

What the electorate gives, the electorate can take away, says Nicholas Dobson, so governments mus...

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Audit Commision chairman back for another three years

22 July 2009

The current chairman of the Audit Commission will see in the next general election, having been r...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The MJ Total Place Supplement

17 July 2009

The MJ's Total Place supplement features thoughts and opinions from local government commentators...